Boitumelo Moloi Explained

Boitumelo Moloi
Honorific-Suffix:MP
Order:Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour
Term Start:29 May 2019
Term End:19 June 2024
President:Cyril Ramaphosa
Predecessor:Patekile Holomisa
Birth Date:28 December 1968
Citizenship:South Africa
Party:African National Congress
Minister:Thulas Nxesi
Honorific Prefix:The Honourable
Termstart1:22 May 2019
Office1:Member of the National Assembly

Boitumelo Elizabeth "Pinky" Moloi (born 28 December 1968) is a South African politician who is currently serving as the Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour. A member of the National Assembly since May 2019, she was formerly the Executive Mayor of Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality in the North West Province. She is a member of the African National Congress and served on the party's National Executive Committee between 2012 and 2022.

Early life

Moloi was born on 28 December 1968.[1]

Early political career

She was the Executive Mayor of the North West's Dr Kenneth Kaunda District Municipality, previously known as Southern District Municipality, for several years.[2] [3] [4] In January 2012, the local leadership of the African National Congress (ANC) in the region announced that it would "recall" Moloi – that is, it would withdraw its support for her leadership and endeavour to remove her from office if she did not resign. The local ANC told the press that Moloi was one of two mayors who were "not co-operating with the organisation [the ANC] and do things their own way".[5] However, the Provincial Executive Committee of the ANC in the North West – a more senior body – reversed the decision.[6] She remained in office as mayor as of July 2015.[7]

At the party's 53rd National Conference in December 2012, Moloi was elected to a five year-term on the ANC National Executive Committee.[8] She was re-elected at the 54th National Conference in December 2017,[9] receiving the support of the North West branch of the ANC.[10]

Deputy Minister of Labour

She was elected as a Member of the National Assembly in the 2019 general election, ranked 62nd on the ANC's national party list.[11] In the aftermath of the election, the ANC Women's League lobbied for Moloi's appointment as Premier of the North West.[12] Instead, on 29 May 2019, President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that Moloi would be Deputy Minister of Employment and Labour, serving under Minister Thulas Nxesi.[13] She was not re-elected to the ANC National Executive Committee when her term expired at the 55th National Conference in December 2022.

Personal life

She was hospitalised on 5 January 2021 and tested positive for COVID-19.[14]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2019 . National Assembly list: seats assigned . 25 July 2023 . Electoral Commission of South Africa.
  2. Web site: 2007-10-02 . New name for North West municipality . 2022-12-04 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  3. Web site: 2009-08-29 . ANC targets Mbeki 'big fish' in NW . 2022-12-04 . The Mail & Guardian . en-ZA.
  4. Web site: 21 October 2011 . Budding young authors set to be honoured . 2022-12-04 . Sowetan . en-ZA.
  5. Web site: 18 January 2012 . ANC 'recalls' 2 North West mayors . 2022-12-04 . News24 . en-US.
  6. Web site: 26 January 2012 . ANC to discipline unruly members . 2022-12-04 . Sunday Times . en-ZA.
  7. Web site: 2015-07-17 . Government commits to connecting citizens to internet . 2022-12-04 . South African Government News Agency . en.
  8. Web site: 20 December 2012 . ANC National Executive Committee . 4 December 2022 . African National Congress.
  9. Web site: 2017-12-21 . Here is the ANC's new NEC . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20211207232519/https://www.news24.com/citypress/special-report/anc_conference/here-is-the-ancs-new-nec-20171221 . 2021-12-07 . 2021-12-07 . Citypress . en-US.
  10. Web site: 16 October 2017 . North West supports Dlamini-Zuma to lead ANC . 2022-12-04 . Polity . en.
  11. Web site: Boitumelo Elizabeth Moloi . 2021-01-10 . People's Assembly . en.
  12. Web site: 19 May 2019 . Push for a North West female premier . 2022-12-04 . City Press . en-US.
  13. Web site: 29 May 2019 . President Cyril Ramaphosa: Cabinet announcement . 2022-12-04 . South African Government.
  14. Web site: 10 January 2021 . Deputy minister Boitumelo Moloi hospitalised due to Covid-19 . 2021-01-10 . Sowetan . en-ZA.

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